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Window Maker VS Openbox

Compare Window Maker VS Openbox and see what are their differences

Window Maker logo Window Maker

Window Maker is a free and open-source window manager for the X Window System

Openbox logo Openbox

Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.
  • Window Maker Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-10-18
  • Openbox Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-06

Window Maker videos

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Openbox videos

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Window Maker and Openbox)
Linux
24 24%
76% 76
Window Manager
20 20%
80% 80
Productivity
100 100%
0% 0
Utilities
0 0%
100% 100

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Openbox Reviews

Top 10 Best Desktop Environments in 2020
People who’re deep into Linux, love Openbox’s simplicity. It’s extremely lightweight, and comes with only a text-based right-click menu that lists all your applications. The menu is customizable too, and you can add scripts or functions within the menu as a link.

Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Window Maker seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 1 time since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Window Maker mentions (1)

Openbox mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Openbox yet. Tracking of Openbox recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Window Maker and Openbox, you can also consider the following products

Fluxbox - Fluxbox is a window manager for X that was based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code.

i3 - A dynamic tiling window manager designed for X11, inspired by wmii, and written in C.

IceWM - icewm home page . Bug Tracking. If you have a patch, a bug report or a feature request to submit, please do so at the icewm project page at SourceForge.

dwm - dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle and floating layouts. All of the layouts can be applied dynamically, optimising the environment for the application in use and the task performed.

awesome - A dynamic window manager for the X Window System developed in the C and Lua programming languages.

KWin - KWin is a window manager for the X Window System, and is in the process of becoming a Wayland...